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(PlayStation 3 Review) Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
“… a good game with a great premise and some solid set pieces, but it is done no favors by a poor camera system and an equally poor targeting system.”
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(Xbox 360 Review) Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
“… a good game with a great premise and some solid set pieces, but it is done no favors by a poor camera system and an equally poor targeting system.”
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance slices and dices its way into stores
After a flurry of videos and screenshots, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has hit store shelves. The Kojima Productions and Platinum Games co-production features the former’s flair for storytelling and the latter’s love of crazy action in a new tale featuring everyone’s favorite white-haired ninja, Raiden. Well, maybe “favorite” is a strong word. More like the “Where did Solid Snake go? Who is this guy?!” game-usurping white-haired ninja. But this is the new-and-improved Raiden, the one from Metal Gear Solid 4, kitted out with cyborg limbs and a massive sword. It’s that same sword that will be used to dismember innumerable cyborgs and take down the notorious PMC Desperado Enforcement.
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Metal Gear Rising shows off skills, bosses in new trailers
Two more Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance videos have been released, Depserado Elite and Skill Upgrades. The first covers a range of boss fights, with Raiden squaring off against a crew of strange soldiers representing Desperado Enterprises’ finest. The second, below, is a little over a minute long and looks at the powers Raiden will unlock throughout the game.
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Metal Gear Rising trailers released, PS3 VR Missions DLC revealed
Two more videos have been released for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Unmanned Gears and Unique Weapons. Unmanned Gears is available above, but to check out all of the recent videos, head over to the official Youtube channel. In addition, Konami also announced PS3-exclusive DLC, VR Missions. The set of 30 new missions will be based around the original Metal Gear Solid’s VR Missions and feature new stages that mix combat and stealth training. The Dwarf Gekko will also be playable.
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Zone of the Enders HD Collection now on Games on Demand, PSN
Zone of the Enders HD Collection is now available on Live Games on Demand and PSN. The $34.99 set includes the original Zone of the Enders as well as a special European release of Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance shows off blades, cyborgs in trailers
Konami has released two new trailers for the upcoming Metal Gear spinoff, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The videos, High-Frequency Blades and Cyborg Troops, are a little over a minute each and feature some of the moves capable with the new combat system and a sample of the cyborg soldiers that will be on the receiving end of those thrusts and slashes.
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Bayonetta to be available on PSN next week
The pistol-packing shape-shifting witch is set to return to the PlayStation 3 next week when Bayonetta launches on PSN. The PlatinumGames-developed action title, directed by Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya, features fast-paced, cinematic combat that mixes dangerous firepower with equally dangerous ponytailes. Gamers can grab the digital version on January 29 for $19.99.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance demo launching next week
Konami has announced that they will be releasing the playable demo of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance that was included with the Zone of the Enders HD Collection on Live and PSN on January 22. The demo allows players to experience a portion of the first chapter, which will introduce them to a new half-cyborg Raiden and his band of military contractors. The action-heavy title will offer Metal Gear-style storytelling with PlatinumGames-style action, which, going by the demo, could make for a rowdily wordy good time.
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Anarchy Reigns now available for 360 and PS3
Sega has announced that PlatinumGames’ Anarchy Reigns has hit store shelves for 360 and PS3. The brawler features 16 fighters battling it out using chainsaws, microwave rays, swords, and more against mutants, characters from other PlatinumGames’ titles, and what looks to be krakens. Excellent. The single-player campaign centers around the mystery behind the disappearance of Maximillian Caxton, while online multiplayer is supported for general mayhem.
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